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Auteur(s) : Tuite, Clara (1964-....)
Titre(s) : Lord Byron and scandalous celebrity [Texte imprimé] / Clara Tuite
Publication : Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2015
Description matérielle : xxv-312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Collection : Cambridge Studies in romanticism ; 110
Lien à la collection : Cambridge studies in romanticism
Comprend : Prologue : proverbially notorious ; Introduction: the meteor's milieu ; Part I. Worldlings:
1. Caroline Lamb, more like a beast; 2. Stendhal, on his knees; 3. Napoleon, that
fallen star; 4. Bloody Castlereagh ; Part II. Writings : 5. Childe Harold IV and the
pageant of his bleeding heart ; 6. Don Juan: the life and work of infamous poems ;
Part III. After-Warriors : 7. Byron's Head and the pirate sphere ; Epilogue : you
may be devil.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-302) and index
"The Regency period in general, and the aristocrat-poet Lord Byron in particular,
were notorious for scandal, but the historical circumstances of this phenomenon have
yet to be properly analysed. Lord Byron and Scandalous Celebrity explores Byron's
celebrity persona in the literary, social, political and historical contexts of Regency
Britain and post-Napoleonic Europe that produced it. Clara Tuite argues that the Byronic
enigma that so compelled contemporary audiences - and provoked such controversy with
its spectacular Romantic Satanism - can be understood by means of 'scandalous celebrity',
a new form of ambivalent fame that mediates between notoriety and traditional forms
of heroic renown. Examining Byron alongside contemporary figures including Caroline
Lamb, Stendhal, Napoleon Bonaparte and Lord Castlereagh, Tuite illuminates the central
role played by Byron in the literary, political and sexual scandals that mark the
Regency as a vital period of social transition and emergent celebrity culture"
Sujet(s) : Byron, George Gordon (1788-1824) -- Pensée politique et sociale
Scandales -- Europe -- 19e siècle
Renommée -- Société -- Grande-Bretagne -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9781107082595 (hardback). - ISBN 1107082595 (hardback)
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